Using 50% CPU is way too much!

[lynxionxs]

I wanted this plugin for an app that runs all day. But running at 50% CPU all day just to play continues flow of text, is never ideal. Sad you hav'nt looked into performance.

[mscreenie]

I haven't considered this myself, cpu usage is variable. But I agree half of cpu for a bit of scrolling text is a little ridiculous.

Any suggestions on alternatives?

[lynxionxs]

Slow down rendering, or add an option to reduce Frames per second.
Now it seems to run same frame rate as a game, 60FPS.
Cutting scroll speed down to 20FPS would work i guess.
Those are css3 options. Maybe some js workarounds too.

[FDiskas]

You can always try simple and old html tag

<marquee>Some text...</marquee>